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Penguin presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of The Road to Character by David Brooks, read by Arthur Morey and David Brooks.

Number one New York Times best seller

In The Road to Character, David Brooks, best-selling author of The Social Animal and New York Times columnist, explains why selflessness leads to greater success.

We all possess two natures. One focuses on external success: wealth, fame, status and a great career. The other aims for internal goodness, driven by a spiritual urge not only to do good but to be good - honest, loving and steadfast. The inner self doesn't seek happiness superficially defined; it seeks emotional commitments without counting the cost and a deeper moral joy. Individuals and societies thrive when a general balance is struck between these two imperatives, but we live in a culture that encourages us to think about the external side of our nature rather than the inner self. We hanker for praise instead of following our hearts, and we self-promote rather than confront our weaknesses.

In this urgent and eye-opening audiobook, David Brooks asks us to confront the meaning of true fulfilment. A famous columnist for The New York Times and a best-selling author, Brooks found himself living in a shallow mode. For years he remained focused on getting ahead and reaping the rewards for his efforts, placing his career before his character.

Finding himself at a crossroads, Brooks sought out men and women who embodied the moral courage he longed to experience. Citing an array of history's greatest thinkers and leaders - from St. Augustine and George Eliot to Dwight Eisenhower and Samuel Johnson - he traces how they were able to face their weaknesses and transcend their flaws. Each one of them chose to embrace one simple but counterintuitive truth: in order to fulfil yourself, you must learn how to forget yourself.

An elegant interweaving of politics, spirituality and psychology, The Road to Character proves that it is how we want to be remembered - and not what we put on our CVs - that truly matters.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of
Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker, read by Arthur Morey. Is modernity really failing? Or have we failed to appreciate progress and the ideals that make it possible? If you follow the headlines, the world in the 21st century appears to be sinking into chaos, hatred and irrationality. Yet, as Steven Pinker shows, if you follow the trendlines, you discover that our lives have become longer, healthier, safer and more prosperous - not just in the West but worldwide.

5 out of 5 stars

Reason, science, humanism and progress

Von
Henrik
Am hilfreichsten
16.03.2018

Principles

Life and Work

Autor:
Ray Dalio

Sprecher:
Ray Dalio,
Jeremy Bobb

Spieldauer: 16 Std. und 5 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
325

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
285

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
285

Ray Dalio, one of the world's most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he's developed, refined, and used over the past 40 years to create unique results in both life and business - and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals.

5 out of 5 stars

Zur kritischen Reflektion

Von
Amazon Kunde
Am hilfreichsten
06.10.2017

Barking up the Wrong Tree

The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong

Autor:
Eric Barker

Sprecher:
Roger Wayne

Spieldauer: 9 Std.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
214

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
191

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
189

By looking at what separates the extremely successful from the rest of us, we learn what we can do to be more like them - and find out, in some cases, why it's good that we aren't.
Barking up the Wrong Tree draws on startling statistics and surprising anecdotes to help you understand what works and what doesn't, so you can stop guessing at success and start living the life you want.

5 out of 5 stars

Wissenschaftlich fundiert 100% direkt umsetzbar

Von
K.M.
Am hilfreichsten
01.09.2017

Grit

The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Autor:
Angela Duckworth

Sprecher:
Angela Duckworth

Spieldauer: 9 Std. und 22 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
171

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
152

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
154

In this must-listen book for anyone striving to succeed, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows parents, educators, students, and businesspeople - both seasoned and new - that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a focused persistence called "grit". Why do some people succeed and others fail? Sharing new insights from her landmark research on grit, MacArthur "genius" Angela Duckworth explains why talent is hardly a guarantor of success.

5 out of 5 stars

Weit mehr...

Von
Altindag
Am hilfreichsten
14.01.2017

Maps of Meaning

Autor:
Jordan B. Peterson

Sprecher:
Jordan B. Peterson

Spieldauer: 30 Std. und 52 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4 out of 5 stars
15

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
14

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
13

From the author of 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos comes a provocative hypothesis that explores the connection between what modern neuropsychology tells us about the brain and what rituals, myths, and religious stories have long narrated. A cutting-edge work that brings together neuropsychology, cognitive science, and Freudian and Jungian approaches to mythology and narrative, Maps of Meaning presents a rich theory that makes the wisdom and meaning of myth accessible to the critical modern mind.

5 out of 5 stars

Unbelievable

Von
Matter of Personal Opinion
Am hilfreichsten
05.07.2018

The Daily Stoic

366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

Autor:
Ryan Holiday,
Stephen Hanselman

Sprecher:
Brian Holsopple

Spieldauer: 10 Std. und 6 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
58

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
51

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
50

Why have history's greatest minds - from George Washington to Frederick the Great to Ralph Waldo Emerson along with today's top performers, from Super Bowl-winning football coaches to CEOs and celebrities - embraced the wisdom of the ancient Stoics? Because they realize that the most valuable wisdom is timeless and that philosophy is for living a better life, not a classroom exercise.
The Daily Stoic offers a daily devotional of Stoic insights and exercises, featuring all-new translations.

4 out of 5 stars

A routinely accomplished task in American English.

Von
Michael
Am hilfreichsten
11.03.2018

Enlightenment Now

The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

Autor:
Steven Pinker

Sprecher:
Arthur Morey

Spieldauer: 19 Std. und 49 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
74

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
68

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
68

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of
Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker, read by Arthur Morey. Is modernity really failing? Or have we failed to appreciate progress and the ideals that make it possible? If you follow the headlines, the world in the 21st century appears to be sinking into chaos, hatred and irrationality. Yet, as Steven Pinker shows, if you follow the trendlines, you discover that our lives have become longer, healthier, safer and more prosperous - not just in the West but worldwide.

5 out of 5 stars

Reason, science, humanism and progress

Von
Henrik
Am hilfreichsten
16.03.2018

Principles

Life and Work

Autor:
Ray Dalio

Sprecher:
Ray Dalio,
Jeremy Bobb

Spieldauer: 16 Std. und 5 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
325

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
285

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
285

Ray Dalio, one of the world's most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he's developed, refined, and used over the past 40 years to create unique results in both life and business - and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals.

5 out of 5 stars

Zur kritischen Reflektion

Von
Amazon Kunde
Am hilfreichsten
06.10.2017

Barking up the Wrong Tree

The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong

Autor:
Eric Barker

Sprecher:
Roger Wayne

Spieldauer: 9 Std.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
214

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
191

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
189

By looking at what separates the extremely successful from the rest of us, we learn what we can do to be more like them - and find out, in some cases, why it's good that we aren't.
Barking up the Wrong Tree draws on startling statistics and surprising anecdotes to help you understand what works and what doesn't, so you can stop guessing at success and start living the life you want.

5 out of 5 stars

Wissenschaftlich fundiert 100% direkt umsetzbar

Von
K.M.
Am hilfreichsten
01.09.2017

Grit

The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Autor:
Angela Duckworth

Sprecher:
Angela Duckworth

Spieldauer: 9 Std. und 22 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
171

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
152

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
154

In this must-listen book for anyone striving to succeed, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows parents, educators, students, and businesspeople - both seasoned and new - that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a focused persistence called "grit". Why do some people succeed and others fail? Sharing new insights from her landmark research on grit, MacArthur "genius" Angela Duckworth explains why talent is hardly a guarantor of success.

5 out of 5 stars

Weit mehr...

Von
Altindag
Am hilfreichsten
14.01.2017

Maps of Meaning

Autor:
Jordan B. Peterson

Sprecher:
Jordan B. Peterson

Spieldauer: 30 Std. und 52 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4 out of 5 stars
15

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
14

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
13

From the author of 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos comes a provocative hypothesis that explores the connection between what modern neuropsychology tells us about the brain and what rituals, myths, and religious stories have long narrated. A cutting-edge work that brings together neuropsychology, cognitive science, and Freudian and Jungian approaches to mythology and narrative, Maps of Meaning presents a rich theory that makes the wisdom and meaning of myth accessible to the critical modern mind.

5 out of 5 stars

Unbelievable

Von
Matter of Personal Opinion
Am hilfreichsten
05.07.2018

The Daily Stoic

366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

Autor:
Ryan Holiday,
Stephen Hanselman

Sprecher:
Brian Holsopple

Spieldauer: 10 Std. und 6 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
58

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
51

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
50

Why have history's greatest minds - from George Washington to Frederick the Great to Ralph Waldo Emerson along with today's top performers, from Super Bowl-winning football coaches to CEOs and celebrities - embraced the wisdom of the ancient Stoics? Because they realize that the most valuable wisdom is timeless and that philosophy is for living a better life, not a classroom exercise.
The Daily Stoic offers a daily devotional of Stoic insights and exercises, featuring all-new translations.

4 out of 5 stars

A routinely accomplished task in American English.

Von
Michael
Am hilfreichsten
11.03.2018

12 Rules for Life

An Antidote to Chaos

Autor:
Jordan B. Peterson

Sprecher:
Jordan B. Peterson

Spieldauer: 15 Std. und 39 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
582

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
526

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
522

What are the most valuable things that everyone should know? Acclaimed clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson has influenced the modern understanding of personality, and now he has become one of the world's most popular public thinkers. In this book, he provides 12 profound and practical principles for how to live a meaningful life, from setting your house in order before criticising others to comparing yourself to who you were yesterday, not someone else today.

5 out of 5 stars

A timely book - thinking with a Nietzschean Hammer

Von
Henrik
Am hilfreichsten
24.01.2018

The Social Animal

The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement

Autor:
David Brooks

Sprecher:
Arthur Morey

Spieldauer: 16 Std. und 9 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4 out of 5 stars
18

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4.5 out of 5 stars
11

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
11

This is the story of how success happens. It is told through the lives of one composite American couple, Harold and Erica - how they grow, push forward, are pulled back, fail, and succeed. Distilling a vast array of information into these two vividly realized characters, Brooks illustrates a fundamental new understanding of human nature.

Sapiens

A Brief History of Humankind

Autor:
Yuval Noah Harari

Sprecher:
Derek Perkins

Spieldauer: 15 Std. und 17 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

5 out of 5 stars
172

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
158

Geschichte

5 out of 5 stars
158

Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires,
Sapiens integrates history and science to reconsider accepted narratives, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and examine specific events within the context of larger ideas.

5 out of 5 stars

Challenging the way we view our past and future

Von
Deniz
Am hilfreichsten
03.11.2017

Unshakeable

Your Financial Freedom Playbook

Autor:
Tony Robbins

Sprecher:
Tony Robbins,
Jeremy Bobb

Spieldauer: 7 Std. und 21 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
128

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
117

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
114

After interviewing 50 of the world's greatest financial minds and penning the number-one
New York Times best seller
Money: Master the Game, Tony Robbins returns with a step-by-step playbook, taking you on a journey to transform your financial life and accelerate your path to financial freedom. No matter your salary, your stage of life, or when you started, this book will provide the tools to help you achieve your financial goals more rapidly than you ever thought possible.

3 out of 5 stars

Short Version of MONEY - US specific

Von
Streetcruizer
Am hilfreichsten
12.03.2017

Fooled by Randomness

The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

Autor:
Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Sprecher:
Sean Pratt

Spieldauer: 10 Std. und 1 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
90

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
64

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
63

This audiobook is about luck, or more precisely, how we perceive and deal with luck in life and business. It is already a landmark work, and its title has entered our vocabulary. In its second edition,
Fooled by Randomness is now a cornerstone for anyone interested in random outcomes.

4 out of 5 stars

This is not any longer

Von
Marc Dierckx
Am hilfreichsten
03.09.2015

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

Autor:
Mark Manson

Sprecher:
Roger Wayne

Spieldauer: 5 Std. und 17 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
1.845

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
1.663

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
1.656

For decades we've been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F*ck positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let's be honest, shit is f*cked, and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn't sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is - a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck is his antidote to the coddling, let's-all-feel-good mind-set that has infected modern society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up.

5 out of 5 stars

If I only had listened to this two years earlier...

Von
Samuel
Am hilfreichsten
08.05.2017

So Good They Can't Ignore You

Autor:
Cal Newport

Sprecher:
Dave Mallow

Spieldauer: 6 Std. und 28 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
164

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4.5 out of 5 stars
142

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
143

Cal Newport's clearly written manifesto flies in the face of conventional wisdom by suggesting that it should be a person's talent and skill - and not necessarily their passion - that determines their career path. Newport, who graduated from Dartmouth College (Phi Beta Kappa) and earned a PhD from MIT, contends that trying to find what drives us, instead of focusing on areas in which we naturally excel, is ultimately harmful and frustrating to job seekers.

5 out of 5 stars

Amazing!

Von
Nina
Am hilfreichsten
19.04.2017

Conspiracy

Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue

Autor:
Ryan Holiday

Sprecher:
Ryan Holiday

Spieldauer: 11 Std. und 39 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
14

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
12

Geschichte

5 out of 5 stars
12

In 2007, a short blogpost by Gawker Media outed PayPal founder and billionaire investor Peter Thiel as gay. Thiel's sexuality had been known to close friends and family, but he didn't consider himself a public figure, and believed the information was private. This post would be the casus belli for a meticulously plotted conspiracy that would end nearly a decade later with a $140 million dollar judgment against Gawker and its bankruptcy. Only later would the world learn that Gawker's demise was not incidental - it had been masterminded by Thiel.

Factfulness

Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think

Autor:
Hans Rosling,
Ola Rosling,
Anna Rosling Rönnlund

Sprecher:
Simon Slater

Spieldauer: 7 Std. und 59 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

5 out of 5 stars
161

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
146

Geschichte

5 out of 5 stars
146

Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of carrying only opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. When asked simple questions about global trends - why the world's population is increasing; how many young women go to school; how many of us live in poverty - we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers.

5 out of 5 stars

This book changed how I see the world!

Von
Oaksl
Am hilfreichsten
28.07.2018

Never Split the Difference

Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It

Autor:
Chris Voss

Sprecher:
Michael Kramer

Spieldauer: 8 Std. und 7 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

5 out of 5 stars
321

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
291

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
284

After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a hostage negotiator brought him face-to-face with a range of criminals, including bank robbers and terrorists. Reaching the pinnacle of his profession, he became the FBI's lead international kidnapping negotiator.
Never Split the Difference takes you inside the world of high-stakes negotiations and into Voss' head.

3 out of 5 stars

Überbewertet

Von
Chamäleon
Am hilfreichsten
23.05.2018

Search Inside Yourself

The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace)

Autor:
Chade-Meng Tan

Sprecher:
Nick Sullivan

Spieldauer: 7 Std. und 43 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
76

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4.5 out of 5 stars
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Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
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Early Google engineer and personal growth pioneer Chade-Meng Tan first designed
Search Inside Yourself as a popular course at Google, intended to transform the work and lives of the best and brightest behind one of the most innovative, successful, and profitable businesses in the world... and now it can do the same for you. Meng has distilled emotional intelligence into a set of practical and proven tools and skills that anyone can learn and develop.

5 out of 5 stars

Ein sehr gutes Hörbuch

Von
Cornelia Töllich
Am hilfreichsten
21.07.2018

Measure What Matters

Autor:
John Doerr,
Larry Page - foreword

Sprecher:
John Doerr,
full cast

Spieldauer: 7 Std. und 56 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
26

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4.5 out of 5 stars
24

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4.5 out of 5 stars
24

In Measure What Matters, Doerr shares a broad range of first-person, behind-the-scenes case studies, with narrators including Bono and Bill Gates, to demonstrate the focus, agility, and explosive growth that the Objectives and Key Results system has spurred at so many great organizations. This book will help a new generation of leaders capture the same magic.